Another coin I have had for awhile is a Pius Dupondius that turned out to be pretty scarce. Info comes from CNG. Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 A.D.) Æ Dupondius O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, Radiate bust right, slight drapery. R: TR POT XIX COS IIII - Annona seated right, holding cornucopia in both hands; modius at feet to right. S C' below, in exergue. 11.7g 24mm Cf. RIC III 956 (As); cf. BMCRE pg. 337, * (same) Unrecorded as a dupondius?
Nice coin, Mat. I particularly like the reverse on this one. Too bad the obverse legend is mostly off flan or worn.
I always enjoy a radiate Antoninus Pius. It always seems so out of place to me. I always associate the radiate crown with the 'rough around the edges' emperors and APius always seems so docile and out of place wearing it.
you know, i don't have an antoninus pius in bronze. let me add that to me list. i can't keep all the denominations straight, but could it be a heavy as instead of a dupondius? it's a neat coin, whatever it is.
*Dupondii, but not always. In some periods, they shared the same basic size and weight as asses, but were struck in orichalcum while the asses were in copper. To complicate things, I believe Nero also issued asses in orichalcum.
Huh?!! => I have "6" A-Pius AE Drachms and "2" A-Pius AE Sestertii ..... but apparently I don't even have one A-Pius AE Dupondius (well played Mat ... well played) Oh sorry => and "wow" that's a really eye-poppingly-cool coin you've got there!! (I love the sweet, cool colouring ... very nice, congrats)
Ummm okay fine, I'll show them to you ... ; ) I know, I know, I'm horrible (my bad) => huh, not a radiate crown in the bunch, eh?!!
hello Mat, nice coin, purple toning? maybe coin cleaned with vinigar? thats how they used to clean coins in france i heared. all the best eric
A very handsome coin, Mat, with no apparent signs of tooling. Apropos to Ardatirion's comment, I've sometimes wondered if copper and orichalcum exhibit distinct types of patination. Could the purplish toning have to do with more with the alloy than the cleaning? I have a coin of similar size and weight of Trajan, but it exhibits the typical green patina of ancient copper, making it an as.
